Formed in Chicago, Illinois at the height of prog rock, Styx became one of
America's biggest bands of the late 1970s and early '80s, producing some of the
era's most memorable soft rock anthems and notching up album sales of over 25
million. Taking their name from the mythological river, the band featured lead
vocalist Dennis DeYoung and James Young. Together they first found fame with the
US number 6 single “Lady” from the album Styx II in 1973, but it was when Tommy
Shaw joined the group in 1976 that things really started to take off. 1977’s The
Grand Illusion and 1978’s Pieces...